Laura Gryniewich-Franklin

Laura Gryniewich-Franklin is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW-C) with nearly 20 years of practice. She uses a calm, nonjudgmental presence to help people navigate stress, anxiety, depression, grief, and relationship troubles. Her style is straightforward and grounded, aimed at making difficult conversations feel manageable.

She blends practical strategies from cognitive behavioral therapy with mindfulness skills to help clients change unhelpful thoughts and reduce emotional reactivity. Sessions focus on clear goals, small steps, and skills clients can use between meetings. The work is collaborative and paced to fit each person’s needs.

Laura has worked in outpatient therapy, in-home services with children and families, education settings, and medical social work. That range of experience shapes how she approaches common life changes such as parenting strain, career challenges, or separation and divorce. She draws on real-world experience to offer practical guidance alongside emotional support.

Clients often bring concerns about caregiving stress, codependency, communication problems, intimacy-related issues, infidelity, isolation, or life purpose. She also addresses seasonal mood changes, midlife shifts, and workplace strain. Conversations can include problem solving, coping skills, and ways to rebuild self-esteem and self-love.

Laura practices in Maryland and holds the LCSW-C credential in that state. Sessions are conducted in English. To begin, prospective clients use the Start Therapy button to complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule according to the therapist’s availability.

How CBT and Mindfulness Translate to Online Sessions

Laura uses cognitive behavioral therapy to help people notice and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. CBT sessions often include setting concrete goals, practicing new ways of thinking, and trying experiments between meetings to test what works.

She also uses mindfulness therapy to teach simple techniques for staying present and reducing emotional reactivity. Mindfulness practices can help with anxiety, stress, grief, and managing strong emotions during life transitions such as separation or divorce.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Laura will discuss goals, preferences, and life demands with each person and then tailor techniques together. That collaborative process helps ensure the methods fit day-to-day routines and personal comfort levels.

Session formats are not specified in the biography, so confirm current options before booking. In general, online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions around work, caregiving, and busy schedules. It can reduce travel time, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and let people practice skills in their usual environments while keeping therapist support nearby.